CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Forecasts on Tropical Storm Fiona clearly show ongoing uncertainty as laptop or computer products struggle to predict the route of the disorganized storm.
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As of 5 a.m. Friday, the center of the storm was close to latitude 15.7 North, longitude 58.1 West, about 265 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. Fiona is moving towards the west close to 15 mph. Details from an Air Pressure Hurricane Hunter aircraft show optimum sustained winds are in close proximity to 50 mph.
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Meteorologist Joey Sovine reported the storm’s hottest situation is further more south than beforehand forecast.
“But right now, it looks like that forecast track proceeds to just take it just to the south, most probably, of Puerto Rico over the weekend and the Virgin Islands, however bringing them some major, large rains and gusty winds,” Sovine claimed. “And then it starts off to convert to the northwest as it strategies the Dominican Republic.”
He stated the land interaction could result in weakening.
By Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, the storm need to emerge from land.
“But it is one thing as we go into following week we’ll have to maintain a close eye on,” he stated.
The latest laptop types into the 2nd fifty percent of subsequent 7 days go on to exhibit a significant array of paths, with some pointing Fiona toward the Gulf of Mexico, other people pointing it towards the southeastern U.S. and nonetheless many others turning it more northeast toward the open Atlantic.
“Once yet again, we’ve had a great deal of uncertainty just in excess of the final 24 hrs,” he mentioned. “So if the forecast is not quite fantastic for the last 24 several hours, it is difficult to consider that it’s really very good with where by it is heading to be next Thursday.”
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